Disk Inventory X takes a unique approach to helping you analyze your disk space usage by visualizing it as a graphical chart. You can see a breakdown of which types of files are hogging the most space, and clicking on a graphical portion will display the file's location in your Mac's system. Let's hear it for the use of color, shapes and sizes in helping Mac users clean up their hard drives; those Britney Spears MP3 duplicates and abandoned BitTorrent downloads aren't going to trash themselves.
Disk Inventory X is donationware and available from derlien.com.
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7-19-2006 @ 10:10AM
Brian Stuckey said...
PC users should look at this program http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/ - it is essentially the same thing. Both useful for seeing how much space those Bit Torrent tv shows really take up :)
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7-19-2006 @ 10:37AM
Jack Debian said...
Good lord, my porn directory is huge!
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7-19-2006 @ 10:43AM
Metryq said...
Jack, I've never heard it called a "directory" before.
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7-19-2006 @ 10:52AM
John from Buffalo said...
My personal pr0n collection is g0d@nG HUGEEEEAAAA!
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7-19-2006 @ 11:01AM
Tim said...
Awesome! I have windirstat on my PC and it's the most helpful tool when it comes to finding memory hogging materials on my desktop. This is really great news for me and my Macbook Pro.
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7-19-2006 @ 11:15AM
ortatherox said...
I've been using this for a few months, it's hardly nippy when used on my ibook g4. The only negative I can think of is that it has to search every folder again if you resize the program, the one I used before my switch (spacemonger) didn't do that and allowed you to zoom etc. Still, I like it.
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7-19-2006 @ 11:16AM
Tacticus said...
this looks to be quite an awesome applilcation
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7-19-2006 @ 11:16AM
Gerald said...
or try this: http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/
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7-19-2006 @ 11:16AM
Jarrod Turner said...
One of my most used apps, absolutely love it. Wonderful piece of software, really great stuff.
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7-19-2006 @ 11:22AM
Scott H said...
It's AMAZINGLY helpful. Great, great appliation! I found all kinds of files I didn't need anymore, in all kinds of places.
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7-19-2006 @ 11:45AM
Anonymous Coward said...
I've been using this for awhile, and I must say its GREAT, if a bit slow. Oh well, it does its job and does it well, even if it lags a bit (which is completely understandable for what it is doing).
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7-19-2006 @ 11:47AM
Uncle Jerry said...
Does it keep you from tossing out files that you NEED to keep your system running? I would hate to delete something that I wasn't supposed to. But then I guess you should leave it alone if you don't know what it is...
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7-19-2006 @ 2:49PM
DaveYeti said...
This app is great. I'm getting to the limits of my 30GB drive on my ibook and I'm looking for stuff that I can put onto my external drive without missing it. If i get rid of iDVD adn the encyclopedia that I've never used, I'll have 2 gigs right there.
I have the same question an Uncle Jerry, though. Does anyone know how to tell what's safe to delete? I hope I don't mess anything up.
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7-19-2006 @ 3:04PM
Reid Ellis said...
A useful workflow I recently discovered: you can drag folders onto the app icon and it will start up showing just that folder.
Excellent app!
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7-19-2006 @ 6:06PM
Wordman said...
Still waiting for someone to create a Mac port of Filelight (http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/).
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7-19-2006 @ 11:45PM
rael9 said...
I prefer WhatSize, myself. I find it easier to drill down and find where the space is actually being used. The graphic representation is neat, but not as useful.
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